Re: [lace] Sunflower from 'Lace with Paper Strings'

[Eve Morton]

Lovely Jean, the Siesta frame has worked well. Was it difficult to 
drill holes through the bars? I've only worked a couple of the 
butterflies from Kortelahti's book and found it quite a fiddle opening 
out the paper string. The square framed pictures are on my to do list 
one day.

Eve
London, UK.

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Re: [lace] Sunflower from 'Lace with Paper Strings'

[Jean Nathan]

Very easy. The wood's quite soft and easy to sand any rough bits off. I placed
the frame against thepricking to mark where I wanted the holes (every 4th loop
on the edging) and then used a bradawl to make an indent to guide the drill.
Used a mini handheld electric drill with a reasonable sized bit so that a
needle could be passed both ways and without snagging the thread already there
on the way from the inside to the outside.

Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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  Lovely Jean, the Siesta frame has worked well. Was it difficult to
  drill holes through the bars? I've only worked a couple of the
  butterflies from Kortelahti's book and found it quite a fiddle opening
  out the paper string. The square framed pictures are on my to do list
  one day.

  Eve
  London, UK.

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Re: [lace] Sunflower from 'Lace with Paper Strings'

[Barron]

I've just uploaded my sunflower from Eva Kortelahti's 'Lace with Paper
Strings' to my album on Arachne webshots. Shows the mounting very well. The
petals and leaves still need a bit of smoothing, but my fingers have gone on
strike for now. I chose to use yellow for the petals rather than the orange
shown in the book.

Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK 


just in case anyone needs the
link

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2837073670048870129eFJRjo
lovely sunflower Jean, makes me think of summer
jenny barron
NE Scotland

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Re: [lace] Sunflower from 'Lace with Paper Strings'

[Patricia Ann Fisher]

Jean,

A very nice framing job! My late mum would have loved your work as
sunflowers were her favorite flower! Great work! Nice to hear of new ideas
for finishing off lace other than in a regular frame. I have a Kortelati
pattern of violets that I've always been meaning to make and now I have a
great idea on how to finish it off. Now to find the time to make lace!

Trish in rainy West Virginia USA where it's finally getting colder!

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